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Bye-Bye Binky by Maria van Lieshout
I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson
Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson
The Rolling Store ~ Angela Johnson
A Wild Cowboy ~ Dana Kessimakis Smith
Max Paints the House ~ Ken Wilson-Max

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If I Had a Raptor ~ George O’Connor

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If I Had a Raptor

Written by George O’Connor
Illustrated by George O’Connor

This is a cute story about a girl who imagines what it would be like if she acquires a pet raptor. As she plays with her toy dinosaur, she imagines all the things she would do with her raptor and “it would be the best thing ever.” Read more >>

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Originally posted on March 5, 2021.

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